KTM has announced that ticket sales for the ETS and KTM Intercity train services for 2022 will open on January 5. This is for travel between January 15 and June 30 on the new schedule. Those who plan to take the train back to hometowns for Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri, take note.
The new KTM schedule sees the addition of 32 ETS services. This includes 10 KL Sentral-Butterworth services, 10 KL Sentral-Ipoh services, eight KL Sentral-Padang Besar services, two Gemas-Butterworth services and two Gemas-Padang Besar services. This is a big jump from the current 16 services.
KTM Intercity is boosted to 20 services from the current 16, consisting of two Ekspres Timuran, six Ekspres Selatan and 12 Shuttle Timuran services. There will be two new routes that will use the Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train, starting in mid January, and they are Gemas-Gua Musang-Gemas and and Gemas-Kuala Lipis-Gemas.
One can buy train tickets from the KTMB Mobile app (KITS) and or the KTM website.
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instead of wasting more money on HST which the country cannot afford now, it is best to hasten the gemas jb electrification and doubling so that the ets can all the way from Singapore. Why waste money when you can extend the train to Singapore by building a railway bridge to jurong. I am sure UMNO cronies want to earn money for the PRU 15 at the expense of the rakyat. What else can it be, when the country can ill afford HST at this junture. Malaysia should pay attention to the east coast line and electrify and double track it and also discuss with Thailand to extend it to Hadyaii and to bank, possibly at a higher speed of 160km per hour just like ECRL. Then it should concentrate on laying electrified double track from Kuching to kota kinabalu and Tawau and link it to the Indonesian network which is needed for the new capital of Indonesia.
“The new KTM schedule sees the addition of 32 ETS services.”
This are good news. ETS is the best way to get from KL to Alor Setar and back anyway.